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| The Abolitionists
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Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil & others. Rob Rapley, director. Oliver Platt, narrator.
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| Studio: PBS. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 841887018364. Daedalus Item Code: 38591 |
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| Both scorned as troublemakers and praised as liberators, abolitionists tore the nation apart to create a more perfect union, as what began as a pacifist movement fueled by persuasion and prayer ... (Read More)
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| Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
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Gidon Kremer, violin. Symphonieorchester de Bayerischen Rundfunks. Sir Colin Davis, conductor.
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| Studio: Arthaus Musik. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 807280211795. Daedalus Item Code: 25800 |
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| Gidon Kremer masterfully traverses Berg's powerful, haunting, and lyrical composition, while the accompanying BBC documentary (The Secret Life of Alban Berg) explores myriad revelations about ... (Read More)
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| American Experience—The Amish
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David Belton, director.
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| Studio: PBS. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 841887016247. Daedalus Item Code: 29155 |
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| Lyrical and meditative, this feature-length DVD answers many questions that Americans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 500-year-old ... (Read More)
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| Ancient Egyptians
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Jeremy Sisto, narrator. Tony Mitchell, director.
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| Studio: Warner Bros.. Format: 2 cutout DVDs Widescreen.
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| UPC: 085393291525. Daedalus Item Code: 35047 |
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| This collection of four documentaries on two discs employs computer animation, dramatic re-creations, and interviews with historians and scholars to illuminate the lives of ancient Egyptians. "The ... (Read More)
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| The Ballad of Bering Strait
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Bering Strait. Nina Gilden Seavey, director.
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| Studio: Koch Lorber Films. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 741952300090. Daedalus Item Code: 35097 |
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| This road film from 2003 documents the odyssey of a group of classically trained Russian musicians on their pursuit of country music stardom. Emmy Award-winning director Nina Gilden Seavey follows ... (Read More)
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| Big Ideas—Exploring the Cosmos
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Ira Flatow, host.
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| Studio: Films Media Group. Format: DVD.
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| UPC: . Daedalus Item Code: 21282 |
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| From such topics as extraterrestrial life to comets on a collision course with Earth, this program explores the current state of our understanding of the cosmos. The participants in this wide-ranging ... (Read More)
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| Big Ideas—A New History of the World
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Ira Flatow, host.
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| Studio: Films Media Group. Format: DVD.
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| UPC: . Daedalus Item Code: 13641 |
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| Is there such a thing as a just war? Is terrorism ever morally acceptable? And can ancient art change the current view of history? This program examines these and other questions with political ... (Read More)
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| The Century of Warfare
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Robert Powell, narrator.
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| Studio: The History Channel. Format: 7 DVDs, boxed.
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| UPC: 733961171693. Daedalus Item Code: 25189 |
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| Narrated by Robert Powell and using archival film dating back to 1896, the History Channel's sweeping review of the 20th century as seen through its armed conflicts takes you from Lawrence of Arabia ... (Read More)
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| Civil War Journal: The Commanders
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Danny Glover, host.
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| Studio: The History Channel. Format: 2 DVDs.
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| UPC: 733961245486. Daedalus Item Code: 15964 |
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| In a departure from the usual Civil War programming of big battles and historic turning points, this two-disc History Channel documentary focuses on more intimate and personal stories from the ... (Read More)
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| Custer's Last Stand
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Michael Murphy, narrator. Stephen Ives, director.
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| Studio: PBS. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 841887016155. Daedalus Item Code: 29070 |
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| Martyr, hero, or villain? This feature-length presentation of American Experience explores the many contradictory facets of the career of General George Armstrong Custer: from his memorable, ... (Read More)
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| Death and the Civil War
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Oliver Platt, narrator. Ric Burns, director.
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| Studio: PBS. Format: DVD Widescreen.
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| UPC: 841887017626. Daedalus Item Code: 29544 |
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| From acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, Death and the Civil War explores an essential but largely overlooked aspect of the most pivotal event in American history. With the coming of the Civil War, ... (Read More)
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| Ferenc Fricsay: Music Transfigured—Remembering Ferenc Fricsay
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Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, & others. Ferenc Fricsay, conductor.
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| Studio: Medici Arts. Format: DVD Full screen.
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| UPC: 899132000763. Daedalus Item Code: 25875 |
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| "I am Hungarian, and I know these people, this music." So proclaims Ferenc Fricsay (1914–1963) in rehearsing a passage from Smetana's The Moldau. "Play it as a peasant dance … with a vital ... (Read More)
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